It has been a long time (how long?) since I last watched this movie.
I was taken aback by just how good it was, with all the intrigue
throughout Egypt, the cat-and-mouse choreography, and other classic
Bond twists. And then I remembered just why it was such a mediocre
Bond film after all -- as soon as we got to the villain's lair, and
his plot for destruction. Yes, the later Bond film -- For Your Eyes
Only -- would be a rehabilitation of sorts -- but the first half of
The Spy Who Loved Me could have made for a far greater
rehabilitation, if someone had curtailed the excesses of the second half.
